Side A
Artist	Song
1 The Fleshtones	Take a Walk With the Fleshtones
2 The Fleshtones	Shadow-Line
3 The Fleshtones	One Less Step
4 The Fleshtones	All Around the World
5 The Fleshtones	Hard Lovin' Man
6 The Fleshtones	I've Gotta Change My Life
7 The Fleshtones	Push On Thru'
8 The Fleshtones	Cold, Cold Shoes
9 The Fleshtones	Psychedelic Swamp
10 The Fleshtones	The World Has Changed
11 The Fleshtones	Legend of a Wheelman
12 The Fleshtones	Girl From Baltimore
13 The Fleshtones	Hope Come Back
14 The Fleshtones	Alright
15 The Fleshtones	Right Side of a Good Thing
16 The Fleshtones	Chinese Kitchen
17 The Fleshtones	Let's See the Sun
18 The Fleshtones	Beautiful Light
19 The Fleshtones	Ride Your Pony
20 The Fleshtones	This House Is Empty
21 The Fleshtones	Accelerated Emotion
22 The Fleshtones	She's My Baby
23 The Fleshtones	Whatever Makes You Happy
24 The Fleshtones	New Scene
25 The Fleshtones	Roman Gods
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
26 The Fleshtones	I'm Back Again
27 The Fleshtones	Stop Fooling Around
28 The Fleshtones	What's So New (About You)?
29 The Fleshtones	Outcast
30 The Fleshtones	American Beat '84
31 The Fleshtones	Want!
32 The Fleshtones	We'll Never Forget
33 The Fleshtones	Can't Get Enough of Your Love
34 The Fleshtones	Double Dipper
35 The Fleshtones	I Was a Teenage Zombie
36 The Fleshtones	Screaming Skull
37 The Fleshtones	D.T. Shadows
38 The Fleshtones	Deep in My Heart
39 The Fleshtones	Let's Go
40 The Fleshtones	Hall of Fame
41 The Fleshtones	Destination Greenpoint
42 The Fleshtones	Pickin' Pickin'
43 The Fleshtones	Burning Hell
44 The Fleshtones	Good Enough For You
45 The Fleshtones	BRAINSTORM
46 The Fleshtones	R-I-G-H-T-S
47 The Fleshtones	A Motor Needs Gas
48 The Fleshtones	Feel the Heat
49 The Fleshtones	The Dreg (Fleshtone-77)
50 The Fleshtones	Super Hexbreaker

Comment:

Super
Rock: "Super Rock is taking the best, most exciting elements
of
rock & roll, and exaggerating and amplifying them beyond
proportion, with no apology whatsoever." Bill Milhizer,
Fleshtones Drummer (1980-present)
It all began in 1976 in Queens, New York, when roommates Keith
Streng and Jan-Marek Pakulski discovered that a previous
tenant had
left behind some instruments in the basement of their apartment
building. Not knowing how to play, they started teaching themselves by
playing along with their favorite 60s rock songs by such artists as the
Kingsmen, the Raiders, the Coasters and the Kinks. Originally, their
ultimate goal was to become a rockin' party band. Streng, on guitar,
and Pakulski, on bass, were soon joined by neighborhood friends Peter
Zaremba on harmonica, keyboards, and vocals, and Lenny Calderon
on
drums. The Fleshtones quickly became famous locally for their basement
dance parties fueled by *Blue Whale cocktails.
Possibly their greatest recording was the classic "Hexbreaker", my
first and still my favorite Fleshtones disc. The "Hexbreaker" lineup
was,
in my opinion, their very best, with Keith Streng (guitar &
vocals), Peter Zaremba (lead vocals, harmonica & organ), Bill
Milhizer (drums & vocals), Jan-Marek Pakulski (bass,
vocals), and
Gordon Spaeth (sax, harmonica, organ, vocals). I remember
encountering
this album at Rasputin Records in Berkeley in 1985. I bought it on a
whim, took it home and couldn't stop playing it. That record was hugely
influential on my developing tastes in rock 'n' roll, and I am forever
indebted to them for recording it.
The Fleshtones put on what was probably the best live show I've ever
seen, at the DNA lounge in San Francisco in the early 1990s. At one
point in the show, they jumped off the stage and (wearing wireless
mics) kept playing while they danced with the audience and started
making their way around the club. I was on the upper mezzanine (which
wrapped around the upper floor) and they came up the stairs, still
playing, while making their way around the mezzanine and back down the
stairs. Soon after that we lost sight of them, as they'd left the
building briefly, played out on the sidewalk for a few minutes and then
came back inside to cheers and thunderous applause. That was one
rockin' show-- but the thing that stuck with me the most was what they
did afterwards. They all stood outside the door and thanked their fans
for coming. I went home that night pumped with adrenaline and beaming
from ear to ear. Nothing in the world quite beats the Super Rock!
32 years later, their lineup has gone thought several changes, but they
are still channelling the spirit of every great rock 'n roll party
band that ever existed, and have rightfully taken their place among
them. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present one of the hardest
working bands in Rock
'n' Roll: The Fleshtones!
* The Blue Whale
1 can frozen lemonade concentrate
Fill can once with blue Curaçao
Fill can twice with Vodka
Add lots of ice


Coming soon, a companion disc of
rarities, spin-off bands and a few live tracks...

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